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How to recognise common injuries, what to do and when the casualty needs a hospital.

For a nosebleed, sit the person down, lean them forward and pinch the soft part of the nose for ten minutes while they breathe through the mouth. Repeat if it is still bleeding. Get medical help if it lasts more than 30 minutes or follows a head injury.

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Call 112 or 999 at once if a person is unresponsive, not breathing normally, has chest pain, shows signs of a stroke, is bleeding heavily, is having a severe allergic reaction, has a seizure that does not stop or has a serious burn or head injury. If in doubt, call.

No. Giving medication is outside first aid, and a workplace first aid kit holds none. The exceptions are helping a person to take their own prescribed medication, such as an inhaler or an adrenaline auto injector, and offering aspirin to an adult with a suspected heart attack.

Yes. Record the date, time and place, the name and job of the casualty, what happened, the injury or illness, the treatment given, what happened next and who gave the first aid. The record helps the employer find the cause and may be needed for an accident report.

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Every module comes from licensed, Chartered (CMIOSH) health and safety consultants following current Irish and European resuscitation guidelines, with techniques demonstrated slowly, clearly and correctly.

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Employers come back because it simply works: clean records, instant certificates and a support team that answers.

Every Irish workplace legally needs trained first aiders, enough to cover every shift, site and department under the 2005 Act. The workplace risk assessment sets the number, and the HSA checks it.

In practice, the people certifying with us are nominated first aiders, office and warehouse staff, construction crews, hospitality and retail teams, teachers, creche and care workers, coaches, drivers and a growing number of parents learning for home.

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Nosebleed First Aid

How to recognise common injuries, what to do and when the casualty needs a hospital.

Stopping a nosebleed

  1. Sit the person down and lean them forward, never back.
  2. Ask them to pinch the soft part of the nose, just below the bone, and breathe through the mouth.
  3. Hold for ten minutes without releasing to check.
  4. If it is still bleeding, pinch again for a further ten minutes.

Afterwards the person should avoid blowing or picking the nose and hot drinks for a few hours. Get medical help if the bleeding lasts more than 30 minutes, is very heavy, follows a blow to the head, or the person takes medication that thins the blood.

Head injuries

For a minor bump, sit the person down, hold a cold compress against the injury for up to 20 minutes and watch them. Someone should stay with them for the next 24 hours.

Call 112 or 999 if the person was knocked out, even briefly, or has a headache that gets worse, repeated vomiting, a seizure, confusion or unusual drowsiness, problems with sight, speech or balance, clear fluid from the nose or ears, or pupils of unequal size. After a fall from height or a road collision, assume the neck may be injured and keep the head still.

Calling an ambulance

In Ireland call 112 or 999. Both numbers reach the same emergency service and both are free from any phone.

  • Say which service you need: ambulance.
  • Give the exact location, with the Eircode or postcode if you know it.
  • Say what has happened and how many people are hurt.
  • Say whether the person is conscious and breathing.
  • Answer the questions and do not hang up until you are told to.

Use the speaker on your phone so that you can follow instructions with both hands free, and send someone to meet the ambulance.

Recognising and treating shock

Shock is a life threatening fall in blood flow to the organs, caused by severe bleeding, burns, a heart attack, a severe allergic reaction or loss of fluid. It has nothing to do with being frightened.

  • Signs: pale, cold, clammy skin, a fast weak pulse, fast shallow breathing, thirst, nausea, restlessness, then drowsiness.
  • Treatment: treat the cause, lay the person down and raise the legs, call 112 or 999, loosen tight clothing, keep them warm, give nothing to eat or drink and watch their breathing.

Stop it getting worse

Cool the burn, press on the bleed, support the injured limb.

Do no harm

No creams on burns, nothing removed from a wound, nothing by mouth if surgery is likely.

Know the red flags

Some signs always mean an ambulance: call first, then treat.

The online First Aid Course gives every employee first aid awareness in about an hour, with a CPD certified certificate the moment you pass. Designated first aiders add the in person PHECC First Aid Response certificate.

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